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Speedy deletion of Ivan Lindsay

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A tag has been placed on Ivan Lindsay requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person or group of people, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, as well as our subject-specific notability guideline for biographies.

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Speedy deletion nomination of Ellington darden

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A tag has been placed on Ellington darden, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, group, product, service, person, or point of view and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations for more information.

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September 2019

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  Please do not add or change content, as you did at Ivan Lindsay, without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. Theroadislong (talk) 18:45, 24 September 2019 (UTC)Reply

Nomination of Ivan Lindsay for deletion

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A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Ivan Lindsay is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ivan Lindsay until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Theroadislong (talk) 15:52, 25 September 2019 (UTC)Reply

September 2019

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  Please stop adding unsourced content, as you did on Ivan Lindsay. This violates Wikipedia's policy on verifiability. If you continue to do so, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. You continue to add back material that is patently NOT supported by your sources, please stop. Theroadislong (talk) 20:14, 25 September 2019 (UTC)Reply

Welcome to Wikipedia: check out the Teahouse!

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Hello! Agnesgerlach, you are invited to the Teahouse, a forum on Wikipedia for new editors to ask questions about editing Wikipedia, and get support from peers and experienced editors. Please join us! Theroadislong (talk) 21:00, 25 September 2019 (UTC)Reply

Other people's input

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There are a number of avenues for getting other people's input as you do not value mine, you can request help at WP:The Teahouse which is possibly the best venue or Wikipedia:Requests for comment or Wikipedia:Third opinion. All good wishes. Theroadislong (talk) 15:00, 26 September 2019 (UTC)Reply

Managing a conflict of interest

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  Hello, Agnesgerlach. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about in the page Ivan Lindsay, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:

  • avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, company, organization or competitors;
  • propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (you can use the {{request edit}} template);
  • disclose your conflict of interest when discussing affected articles (see Wikipedia:Conflict of interest#How to disclose a COI);
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In addition, you are required by the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use to disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution which forms all or part of work for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation. See Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure.

Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. Theroadislong (talk) 09:28, 27 September 2019 (UTC)Reply

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I note you have added more content to the Ivan Lindsay article, that's great, but you have used full url links instead of wiki links for example [College] instead of Eton College. You have also not responded to the conflict of interest question raised by a number of editors. Theroadislong (talk) 16:33, 28 September 2019 (UTC)Reply

September 2019

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  You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you add unsourced material to Wikipedia, as you did at Ivan Lindsay. Theroadislong (talk) 20:28, 29 September 2019 (UTC)Reply

References

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You appear to have a fundamental misunderstanding of how Wikipedia operates. Articles on Wikipedia must be adequately supported by independent reliable sources so that information can be verified. If you need help with referencing, please see Referencing for beginners and Citing sources. Commercial links to his own books are not suitable sources and personal communications with others cannot be used, all sources need to have been published. Theroadislong (talk) 15:09, 30 September 2019 (UTC)Reply

Book mentions need ISBN numbers. David notMD (talk) 20:00, 30 September 2019 (UTC)Reply

Your thread has been archived

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Hi Agnesgerlach! You created a thread called Has rudeness become acceptable between editors on Wikipedia? at Wikipedia:Teahouse, but it has been archived because there was no discussion for a few days. You can still find the archived discussion here. If you have any additional questions that weren't answered then, please create a new thread.

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Interviews as refs

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Interviews as references are not considered reliable sources because the person being interviewed is making statements about themself. Neither the content nor the fact that they were interviewed counts toward establishing Wikipedia's concept of notability. This is standard practice for all articles about people. David notMD (talk) 14:51, 1 October 2019 (UTC)Reply

October 2019

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  Hello, and thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. This is just a note to let you know that I've moved the draft that you were working on to Draft:Ellington Darden, from its old location at User:Agnesgerlach/sandbox. This has been done because the Draft namespace is the preferred location for Articles for Creation submissions. Please feel free to continue to work on it there. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to ask me on my talk page. Thank you. -Liancetalk/contribs 22:02, 4 October 2019 (UTC)Reply

AfC notification: Draft:Ellington Darden has a new comment

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I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Ellington Darden. Thanks! Theroadislong (talk) 22:07, 4 October 2019 (UTC)Reply

Your submission at Articles for creation: Ellington Darden (October 5)

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Your recent article submission has been rejected. If you have further questions, you can ask at the Articles for creation help desk or use Wikipedia's real-time chat help. The reason left by DGG was: This submission is contrary to the purpose of Wikipedia. The comment the reviewer left was: essentially self-advertising
DGG ( talk ) 06:27, 5 October 2019 (UTC)Reply

Draft:Ellington Darden concern

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Hi there, I'm HasteurBot. I just wanted to let you know that Draft:Ellington Darden, a page you created, has not been edited in 5 months. The Articles for Creation space is not an indefinite storage location for content that is not appropriate for articlespace.

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Your draft article, Draft:Ellington Darden

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Hello, Agnesgerlach. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Ellington Darden".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply edit the submission and remove the {{db-afc}}, {{db-draft}}, or {{db-g13}} code.

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia! UnitedStatesian (talk) 15:16, 29 June 2020 (UTC)Reply